Abolish magic

[M0RT]

In my latest map (Dungeon Lords) I came upon a problem with abolish magic: how does the game recognize between positive and negative buffs?
It keeps removing both friendly buffs (inner fire and mana shield) and hostile (slow), while it should remove only negative buffs (when used on allied unit)

Edit: my mana shield is was fact based unholy frenzy, which should still be considered positive

 

[doom_sheep]

it removes all when non autocasted i think

trigger it

 

[M0RT]

It is not autocasted, I order a dummy unit to cast it

Triggering it is exactly what I was trying to avoid, the spell's trigger is complicated enough already (it has different effect on each level) and I would have to enlist all buffs my map uses, which is just crazy

 

[doom_sheep]

it wouldnt take more than 10 minutes max...

 

[M0RT]

Maybe, but I would have to create new variables, new initialisation trigger, and update it every time I add a spell or item with buff or just anything. And it would be a complete waste when there already is a spell that does (or at least should do) exaxtly what I need

 

[doom_sheep]

I would have to create new variables, new initialisation trigger, and update it every time I add a spell or item with buff or just anything.

just check the buffs and if caster is targets enemy?

 

[M0RT]

And how can I determine whether the buff is negative od positive? I would have to put them all in some groups

 

[doom_sheep]

just mass conditions

 

[Super-Sheep]

You cant put buffs into group afaik lol.

 

[M0RT]

actually, i believe you can

function B2U takes buff b returns unit
 return b
 return null
endfunction
.......
GroupUnitAdd( B2U( 'BHav' ) )

But that is not the point!!!!!!!!


Edit: found this:

native UnitRemoveBuffs (unit whichUnit, boolean removePositive, boolean removeNegative) returns nothing

consider solved, though I still don't know what is with the abolish magic

 

[Vegavak]

Use channel and trigger the spell to remove every buff you want it to.

That's the only way you will get the exact results you have in mind.

 

[mecatronic]

indeed, abolish magic only works that way when autocast on the target.

if you order a unit to cast it, it will remove all buffs.